27. Oden’s Swords. Artificial Devil Fruits.

│3rd Person POV│

[Grand Line, New World, Near G5 Marine Base…]

"Kaido! Brat, your Conqueror Haki is still so weak," Whitebeard remarked, waving his hand dismissively. He was in a good mood, and his gaze towards Kaido was now much calmer than before.

"Bastard!" Kaido retorted with a cold snort, frustration and anger evident in his eyes.

In the recent Conqueror Haki confrontation, he indeed found himself at a disadvantage, a fact that he found hard to accept.

What troubled him even more was that he was trying to cause trouble to Whitebeard just now, but his actions led to the awakening of two new Conqueror Haki users among the Whitebeard Pirates.

This was even more uncomfortable than facing a defeat.

However, Kaido knew that this matter couldn't be continued now.

The elites of both the Whitebeard Pirates and the Beasts Pirates had been rendered unconscious in the recent clash of two Conqueror Haki.

If the Marines discovered their presence at this time, it could lead to disastrous consequences.

"Whitebeard!" Kaido abruptly spoke up, "This time, Jack's matter was my fault. Tell me, what do you want?"

Everyone present turned their attention to Whitebeard, sensing that Kaido's admission signaled the start of negotiation between the two pirate groups.

Kaido had admitted his defeat because he wanted to take Jack back, and he had to pay a certain price for it.

In response, Whitebeard looked at Kaido with an indifferent look before saying, "My demand is simple. You took over Wano Country, so you should have Oden's two Great-Grade Swords in your possession, right?

"Give me Oden's swords, and we'll call it even."

Oden! Hearing the name, everyone present had a change in their expression.

Oden was the former Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates.

However, after an encounter with the Roger Pirates, Oden joined the Roger Pirates due to an agreement between Whitebeard and Roger.

There was no doubt that Whitebeard highly valued Oden as after he left, no one was given the position of the Second Division Commander for about two decades.

It was just a pity that even after knowing that Kaido was one to kill Oden, Whitebeard couldn't try to seek revenge from him.

Not only the current situation of the Four Emperors and the World Government was preventing him from taking action, but he also couldn't do it because Oden had already left the Whitebeard Pirates years before his death.

Even after ignoring all this, if Whitebeard decided to attack the Beasts Pirates, the consequences would be too huge.

Kaido, pondering for a moment, agreed, "Okay, but I don't know where Enma is, so, I can't give it to you. I can give you Oden's other Great-Grade Sword.

"When Oden died, both of his swords were missing, especially Enma. I still don't have a single clue about its whereabouts."

Whitebeard's expression darkened at the reminder of Oden's death, but understanding the importance of not losing his cool in the current situation, he suppressed his anger.

Accepting Kaido's proposal, he said, "Okay. In that case, Jack's offense against me comes to an end. Marco, release Jack."

"Yes, Pops!" Marco responded promptly.

After agreeing, Marco suppressed the anger in his heart.

He walked forward and untied the rope from Jack's body, saying in a cold voice, "Get out of here!"

"Hmph!!"

Letting out a cold snort, Jack got up and quickly came to Kaido's side.

However, he looked extremely uneasy and guilty at this moment. Bowing and saluting, he said, "Kaido-sama, I'm sorry, I..."

"Shut up."

Before Jack could finish speaking, Kaido interrupted him dismissively and said, "Jack, I'll settle the score with you later on. When we attack the G5 base, if you don't do it right, you will know the consequences."

Hearing this, Jack's body trembled.

He knew what Kaido meant. If he didn't perform well in the upcoming battle, he would face harsh punishments after returning.

Thinking of this, Jack immediately promised, "Don't worry, Kaido-sama, I will definitely work hard to annihilate more Marines."

Kiado just nodded in response, not bothering to say anything more to him.

He looked directly at Whitebeard and said, "Whitebeard, we should form a temporary alliance right now!

"I am going to destroy the G5 base this time. You also don't want the Marines' territory in the New World to continue to expand!

"After all, as far as I know, the Marines' are planning to build a G6 base within the waters of your territories.

"You and I should join forces to annihilate the G5 base and give the Marines a thorough warning. Let them know that the New World belongs to our Four Emperors' territory and is not something that the World Government and the Marines can invade at will."

As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell silent.

Although everyone already knew that this was going to happen, when Kaido said those words, both the Division Commanders of the sixteen divisions and the three All-Stars held their breath, apprehensive of causing a disturbance at such a crucial time.

Ron, on the other hand, was looking at Kaido with a thoughtful expression.

'I thought that the Beasts Pirates were just trying to retrieve the confiscated Devil Fruits, but their main goal was to destroy the G5 base.

'It can be seen from this that what the Four Emperors really care about is keeping the Marines' influence out of the New World.

'But thinking about it, G5 is located within the waters of Beasts Pirates, which also resulted in the Marines knowing that Doflamingo had sent a batch of important resources and they directly intercepted it.

'Therefore, compared to recovering the plundered artificial Devil Fruit, destroying the G5 base was more important in the current situation.'

"Alright!" Nodding, Whitebeard didn't delay much in expressing his agreement. Looking at Kaido, he said, "But I want half of the Devil Fruits that were taken away from you this time!"

"What!?" Hearing the outrageous demand, Kaido glared at Whitebeard, and said, "Half!? This is impossible! Whitebeard, don't go too far. Those are my things. They were purchased by me."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere on the deck instantly became tense.

The Sixteen Division Commanders and Ron standing behind Whitebeard, and the three All-Stars behind Kiado raised their guard to the max.

Both sides glared at each other and were ready to fight if the situation escalated.

"Do you really want those Devil Fruits, Whitebeard?" In the end, Kaido calmed down his anger slightly, and said, "Those are actually Artificial Zoan-type Devil Fruits, not real Devil Fruits.

"Eating an Artificial Zoan-type Devil Fruit can certainly grant the power like that of normal Zoan-type Devil Fruit, but it also has a huge drawback.

"That is, there's a certain possibility of users having their body altered permanently, growing sentient animal heads and it will not even be possible for them to return to normal Human Form and they also will not be able to fully transform into Beast Form."

Artificial Devil Fruit!

Are there any such things in the world?

Hearing this, Marco and the others looked at each other, not understanding what artificial Devil Fruit was at all.

After all, how could this Devil Fruit's power be artificially created? Those things even have such huge disadvantages!

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